Presentation Skills

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Presentation Skills
presented by YOUR NAME HERE YOUR CONTACT INFO
NAME OF ORGANIZATION
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Course Objectives

• After completing this workshop, the learner will
  be able to
• Design presentations that inform,
• persuade, and entertain an audience.
• Speak effectively in a variety of
• situations.
• Use presentational tools and
• techniques to keep audiences
• engaged.

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Presentation Skills Day One Agenda

• Overview
• Our messages
• Overcoming fears
• Designing presentations
• Impromptu speaking
• Action plan

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Overview
What am I doing here?
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Introductions

• Find out something unusual about this person
• Strange pet?
• Unusual hobby?
• Met someone famous?
• Been somewhere interesting?
• Favorite saying?

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Assessment
Avoiders
Resisters
Reluctants
Enthusiasts
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Types of Presentations
Informational
Instructional
Persuasive
Inspirational
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ABCs of Presentations

• Accurate

• Brief

• Clear

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Our Messages
Words (verbal liking)
Tone (vocal liking)
Body language (facial liking)
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Red Flag Statements

• Weve always done it that way.
• That wont work.
• But

• Thats something weve never tried.

• What if we tried

• Silence

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Tone
Im so happy to be here with you today.
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Body Language

• Face
• Eye contact
• Gesture
• Posture
• Movement

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Overcoming Nervousness

• Breathe.

• Practice, practice, practice.

• Connect with the audience.

• Focus on the message.

• Do some exercises.

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Constructing Presentations

• Plan
• Design
• Write

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Purpose

• Can you define your purpose for speaking in a
  single sentence?

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Whats in It for Me?

• Who are they?
• What are their needs?
• What knowledge do they have?
• What do you want them to know, do, or feel?

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Brainstorming

• Set criteria.
• Dont judge ideas.
• Focus on quantity, not quality.
• Use mind mapping.
• Try piggybacking.

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Parts of the Presentation

• Opening

• Body

• Closing

• 2nd closing

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Impromptu Speaking

• Networking
• Meetings
• Project reports

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S-E-T Formula
S E T
hort answer
vidence
ransition
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The Elevator Speech

• 60 seconds maximum
• Key points only
• Prepare in advance

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Practice Session

• Choose one question.
• Answer it using the S-E-T Formula.
• Practice, practice, practice.
• Present!

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Action Plan
Decide on a topic for next sessions
presentation.
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Presentation Skills
presented by YOUR NAME HERE YOUR CONTACT INFO
NAME OF ORGANIZATION
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Presentation Skills Day Two Agenda

• Review of the first day
• Writing your presentation
• Delivering your presentation
• Practice sessions
• Speakers toolkit
• Action plan

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Building Rapport

• Finding commonalities
• Using body language
• Observing and adjusting

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Writing Your Presentation

• Opening
• Body
• Closing
• QA
• Second closing

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Delivering Your Presentation

• Advance Preparation

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Delivering Your Presentation

• The Day of the Presentation

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Delivering Your Presentation

• Presenting the Program

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Delivering Your Presentation

• Gestures

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Delivering Your Presentation

• Your Audience

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Learning Styles
Visual
Auditory
Tactile and Kinesthetic
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Visual Aids

• Handouts
• Flipcharts
• Slide shows
• Videos
• Overheads
• Props

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Flipcharts

• Size of letters
• Color
• Graphics
• Posting pages
• Touch, turn, and tell

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Using Microsoft PowerPoint Software

• Rule of sevens
• Effective graphics
• Presenting with PowerPoint
• Equipment failure

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Challenging Situations

• The Stone

• The Sniper

• And more

• The Talker

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Using Humor

• To improve retention
• To make a point
• To diffuse frustration
• To create rapport
• To reduce stress
• To have fun

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QA Sessions

• Answering questions
• Prepared questions
• Parking lot
• Common questions
• Second closing

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Practice Session

• Review any topic from this class
• Teach a process
• Tell a story

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Evaluations

• What did they do that you liked?
• What would you like to see more or less of in
  this presentation?

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Activities

• Icebreakers
• Energizers
• Exercises
• Role play
• Roundtables
• Discussions
• Panels

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Speaking Opportunities

• Clubs and organizations
• Training sessions
• College classes
• Meetings at which you facilitate

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Continued Development

• Self
• Audience
• Peer
• Mentor
• Recordings

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Action Plan
Teach one process from this class
Prepare an elevator speech Commit to one
presentation
24 Hours
7 Days
30 Days
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Presentation Skills
YOUR NAME HERE YOUR CONTACT INFO
NAME OF ORGANIZATION